The Big Misconception about Writing to Learn
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Kaplan University Writing Center Who’s heard this one before? “I can’t write.” In the twenty years that I’ve been tutoring writing, I’ve heard it a bunch. Even if you’ve been...
Teaching college writing / Writing Across the Curriculum / Writing Center Pedagogy / Writing-to-learn
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published June 10, 2015
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Kaplan University Writing Center Who’s heard this one before? “I can’t write.” In the twenty years that I’ve been tutoring writing, I’ve heard it a bunch. Even if you’ve been...
Book Review / Motivation / Online Writing Instruction / reading / Teaching
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published July 9, 2014 · Last modified July 2, 2014
Jan Chozen Bays’ How to Train a Wild Elephant & Other Adventures in Mindfulness (229 pages) Reviewed by Kathleen Bishop, Adjunct Faculty, Kaplan University Health Sciences Dept. Who should read this book? Anyone who...
Motivation / Online Writing Instruction / Professional Development / Teaching
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published May 13, 2014 · Last modified May 12, 2014
By Misty Brannan, Criminal Justice Professor, Kaplan University As in any job, teachers can find themselves going through the motions of their career without a real love or energy for it. And without motivation for...